Dear Beloved Community
One of my favourite prayers comes from the Remembrance Service. We finish our worship by saying ‘Merciful God, we offer to you the fears in us that have not yet been cast out by love. May we accept the hope you have placed in the hearts of all people,
and live lives of justice, courage and mercy; through Jesus Christ our risen redeemer. Amen.
God is love. People need love desperately, all people, in every walk of life! Love transforms us. Love invites us to lift our eyes beyond our pettiness and selfish desires, towards something greater. Love is greater than the totality of our fears and our concerns.
Today my prayer is that you, wherever you are, you may know the love of God.
Blessings
Rev Rob
Sunday Services
Our services are back in our church building this Sunday following our bicentenary renovations.
You can access sermons on – https://kilternanparish.ie/talks/.
The best way to keep in touch with what is happening is on the website. Details here:
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Notes for this Week
Midweek Service
Our midweek service of Holy Communion will take place this Tuesday at 11:45am in the Meeting Room.
New Young Adult / Student Group
This is a new initiative that we hope to launch on Wednesday the 12 November.
The hope is to provide an opportunity for young adults (18-25) to find genuine community through deep and authentic relationships.
We would love you to come along and give us your thoughts about what might be most useful. Meeting at 7-8:30pm in the Church Cottage. Dinner will be provided!
| Alpha 2025 starts this Month We’re delighted to be running the Alpha Course in Kilternan for the fifth time – and we’d love for you to join us! Alpha is a series of relaxed, friendly evenings that explore life, faith, and meaning. It’s designed for everyone – whether you come from a faith background, another denomination, or none at all. Each evening begins with some food (usually a dessert, teas and coffees), followed by a short video and open conversation where no question is off limits. Everyone who has done the course and shared extremely positive feedback – many describe it as one of the most meaningful and enjoyable experiences they’ve had, regardless of where they were starting from. So whether you’re curious, searching, or simply looking for a space to connect and chat about the big questions of life, Alpha is for you. Come along, bring a friend, and see what it’s all about! There are 8 Sunday evening sessions and one Saturday and the course is run in the Gathering Grounds Cafe in the Parish Centre. Sign-Up via the parish website – https://kilternan.churchsuite.com/events/drntfjlkThe whole course is free and there no pressure just a place to explore life, meaning and faith DGYC Big Day Out Dublin and Glendalough Youth Council – is organising its next Big Day Out and is inviting young people from all over the dioceses to come along. The Big Day Out will take place on Saturday October 4 at Taney Parish, Dundrum, at 4pm. It will be followed by a Commissioning Service for DGYC’s new interns. They will then have a BBQ together with live music followed by a youth service where everyone will be praying for and sending the new DGYC Interns to their placements in parishes in Dublin and Glendalough. We hope to bring some young people along – let Rob and Julie know if you would like to attend. If you cannot join for the day, but would love to come to the service at 7pm you will be very welcome. This is open to everyone. Where: Taney Parish, Dundrum Date: 4th October 2025 Time: 4pm – 8:30pm (Youth service at 7pm)Cost: Free Institution of The Reverend Alistair Doyle We are delighted to celebrate the Institution of Alistair to the Arklow, Inch and Kilbride Group of Parishes in St Saviour’s Church, Arklow, on Thursday, 2 October 2025 at 7.30pmAlistair is well known to us from our time in Kilternan – he would be delighted to see and Kilternan people who might be free to join him.GiveWe are so thankful for your generous giving, which allow us to invest in growing the ministry of Kilternan Parish and in outreach, giving to those in real need. Regular giving by standing order allows us to budget more effectively, and so is incredibly helpful. To give online or to set up a standing order or pay by bank transfer, just click the link below, which will take you to our website.https://kilternanparish.ie/donation-form/ |
| Other Happenings I want to promote an initiative being rolled out across our dioceses called the 2025 Prayer Movement. The challenge to is pray for growth in the churches of Dublin and Glendalough – you’ll hear me talking lots more about this throughout the year. The vision is to see all parishes in our United Dioceses flourish as communities of faith, confident in sharing the Good News we have been given and serving our society.I hope you join us in the 2025 Prayer Movement. The goal is to sign up 2,025 people to join us in praying for our diocese as we plan for our future.My hope is that we in Kilternan do our part! Have a look here and please do consider signing up as we create a movement for growth.https://dublin.anglican.org/ministries/mission/2025-prayer-movement/join-our-2025-prayer-movement Food For the SoulAre you looking for something to read to nourish your soul?Perhaps you would like to take a book.We are launching a book programme from the bookshelves in the Gathering Grounds. Every few months we will add a new book of choice. We have just added Bear Grylls The Greatest Story Every Told. This is operated on an honesty system. You will see a suggested contribution on the back of the book. Take a book and leave a contribution in the big red box. If you are a bit low on cash, you are welcome to take one. We all ne |
